low hanging fruit, but if you look back on 2012 it was a really awful awful year in so many ways from sandy hook on down. at least we can all agree that a fiery consumption of the planet didn't happen. >> boehner for him it was his plan c. >> bret: myans didn't get that right. >> bret: bad year for boehner all around. >> bret: fiscal cliff you would say that's a low light? >>. no it's a wakeup call that we have got to get something done. and i think it's t. just accentuates and will make the debate more intense. it's a debate we have to have. >> bret: panel, as always, thank you very much. happy new year. >> happy new year. >> bret: that's it for the panel. student for a 2012 flashback. every year we pick a new city to explore. but thanks to hotwire, this year we got to take an extra trip. because they get us ridiculously low prices on really nice hotels and car rentals. so we hit boston in the spring-- even caught a game. and with the money we saved, we took a trip to san francisco. you see, hotwire checks the competitions' rates every day so they can guarantee their low prices. so, where